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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20
miscellaneous.

AT the late meeting of the State Bar AS
sOciation at Topeka the following officers
were chosen: President, Judge s. o.
| Thacher, of Lawrence; yice-president,
Judge H. C. Sluss, of Wichita; secretary,
Judge ]. W. Day, of Topeka; treasurer,
| Associate Justice d. NJ. Valentine, of
Topeka; executive committee, Associate
Justice W. II. Johnson, of Topeka; Judge
| c. W. Graves, of Burlington; Judge Robert
Crozier, of Leavenworth; Hon. George S.
| Greene, of Manhattan, and Hon. T. F.
Carver, of Salina delegates to the National
Bar Association, Hon. w. W. Guthrie, of
Atchison; Hon. T. A. Hurd, of Leaven-
worth, and Hon. A. L. Redden, of Ell
Dorado.
THE House elected Bert Orner, Porter
Hunter, Arthur h. Smith, Albert Taylor,
Matte McCord, Maudie Beardsley, BERTHE
L. ShafTer and Jessie Beam pages.
IN late quarrel between two Leaven-
worth hackmen, John Reese and Alec
Black, W. Coffey, negro, took hand, and
stabbed Reese in the left side, inficting q
fatal wound.
A coLoRED doctor by the name of Adams,
or Lemon, was recently found dead in his
house at Leavenworth. Public opinion was
divided as to whether it was case of muir
der or heart disease.
THE probate Judge Of Shawnee County
recently revoked the permits of seven
druggists who had pleaded guilty in the
district court to the charge of violating the
Prohibitory law.
CLIFF BAKER is State Printer.
ABOUT two years ago two Italian sharp
ers swindled Tony Cassella, of Leaven-
worth, also an Italian, out of 81, 500 by
sharp piece OF tric1ery and false repre-
sentations, and left for parts unknown.
The other day, however, they were ar
rested in New Orleans and the officers at
Leayenworth notified, who will bring them
back to face the music.
n. E. De GEER. the successful lady at
torney and newspaper woman, is the first
lady member Of the State Bar Association.
Her application was presented by Chief
Justice Horton to the executive committee,
and by Judge johnson to the association,
which voted to receive her unanimously.
THE conviction of Lau for violating the
Prohibitory law, it was thought would re-
suit in closing the saloons in Leavenworth-
THE annual meeting of the State Bar As
sociation was held at Topeka on the 11th.
Addresses were made by Chief Justice Hor-
ten, Judge s. o. Thachor, Judge Kingman
and others.
TOPEKA papers say that the county COM
missioners are looking after false tax re-
turns made by citizens who are supposed
to be well fixed, but are usually very poor
when the assessor is around.
Upon the complaint of j. C. Jones war
rants were recently sworn out for the ar
rest Of several persons in Finney County,
charging them with violating the election
laws at the late election
A CHARTER has been filed for a railroad
from Topeka to Baxter Springs. Estimated
length Of line 250 miles. Capital, S5,OO0,Qs9
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20
ADDITIONAL, DISPATCHES.

A DIspATCH OF tne 10Th from San Fran
cisco said that an abandoned vessel, beat
ing against the rocks near the Golden Gate,
Iexploded 100000 pounds of powder she had
on board, doing terrible damage.
AMERICAN securities were quoted lower
in London during the week ended January
Is. Business was depressed on the Paris
Bourse. A limited business was done in
the Berlin money market, prices being
weak.
1t was telegraphed from W ashington that
Sunset Cox, who had been suffering from
a severe attack Of pleurisy for the past
week, was more seriously i'll than was gen.
orally supposed.
CHOLERA was reported prevailing to ter
rible extent short time ago in the Argen-
tine Republic and Uruguay. Hundreds were
dying weekly.
GENERAL w. B. HAzEN, Chief Signal OFF,
Ger, died at Washington on the 10th of dia-
betes. He was born at Hartford, VT, Sep
tember %, 1880.
A TELEGRAM from New York said that
there had been more deaths from measles
in that city for the week ended January ID,
than ever before for corresponding period
in the history of the city
THE contract for grading sixty miles of
the Chicago extension of the Santa Fe road
from Fort Madison westward has been
awarded to Macarthur Bros, of st. Paul
The contractors headquarters will be at
keokuk, Iowa
THE executive committee Of the Coast
Defense Association of the South recently
issued circular calling a convention at
De Funiak Springs, Florida, on February
10 ,r+ - -,
question of coast defense
RECENT advices from Darjeeling, India,
said that trade with Thibet had been sus-
pended and that hundreds of merchants
were collected at the passes, the Thibetans
refusing to permit them to pass.
A PREHISTORIC stone image from the
Easter island in the South Pacific has been
secured by the United States vessel Mohi-
can for the Smithsonian Institution.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
January 10 showed an average increase of
3.S compared with the corresponding week
OF last year. In New York the increase
was o.
The penitentiary at Frankfort, KY, was
on hre recently. Loss, $4,000; insured.
OSCAR WARTI, chief of the Austrian e1-
pedition which has been exploring Africa,
has arrived at Zanzibar. He was long be.
lieved to have been dead.
The suspension of Rev. Father McGlynn
caused much bad feeling among the
parishioners of ST. Stephens Cath
lie Church, New York, on the
10th The new incumbent was coldlv
received, the officers of the church refusing
to serve and the congregation appear
ing listless and indifferent as the services
proceeded There were fears of an out
break, but the day passed of quietly.
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th.
The House had several matters before it.
but nothing was definitely ACCOMPLISHED.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

Mrs. De Broker-"And soyou can't
afford it, eh?" Mr.. De Broker" I'M
possible. The fortune 1 expected to
make this year has fallen fiat, because
the European powers did not go to war
as every body thought they would; con-
sequently grain and provisions went
down instead Of up" "Do those pow
ers know war would do us good?"
"Of course" "Tl bet cookie that
horrid Miss Million, who married a
German Prince, kept them from fight
ing just to spite me. "-Ondha World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

Mrs. HADDocK, of Iowa, in her paper
on Women as Landlords, read at the
WOmen's Congress in Louisville. estim-
ates that one thousand women own and
manage farms in her own State. while
in Oregon women farmers are so nu-
merous that they excite no comment.
The number of women landowners is
increasing all over the Union.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

The home for overworked horses, es-
tablished in London through the efforts
of Miss Linde, reaches farther than its
name implies, inasmuch as it benefits
man as well as beast The object is to
provide quarters where poor cabbies
and tradesmen may obtain rest and
treatment for their animals at moder-
ate cost, or free of all charge, as the
circumstances indicate.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

ACCORDING to Prof. j. Norman Lock
yer, the English astronomer. the total
number of stars of which some knowl-
edge can be gained with the optical aid
now available is from forty million to
fifty million. Only about six thousand
are visible to the naked eye-three
thousand in the northern hemisphere
and three thousand in the southern.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

A TOBACCO journal says chat when a
cigarmaker gets right malicious and
desires to do his employer great dam
age he gets to work on the best brand
and then puts single hair from his
head in each cigar. The trick is ex-
ceedingly difficult to detect and will
destroy the flavor of every cigar it is
applied to, with far-reaching injury
70 the reputation of the brand.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

The. Great Eastern Steamship is
finally to be put up and sold at auction.
She lies in Kingston harbor, Dublin,
where she went last fall. 1t is supposed
that she will be converted into a store
ship or floating hospital. In these days
of huge ships it may be interesting to
know that none of them approach in
size the Great Eastern. whose gross
tOnnage amounts to is, ,915 tons.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20
THE fifty thousand dollar Lick object

THE fifty thousand dollar Lick object
glass that is to be put into the tube of
the greatest of telescopes is moving
westward by the Southern route to the
Sierra Nevada. 1t is precious bit of
freight, and stenciled on its case is the
well-knewh warning: "Glass. this
side up, with care" Captain Frazer,
its custodian, travels with the great
eye-piece in a special car.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

THERE are $3.50 doctors in Great
Britain, or one for every 1850 inhabi-
tants. In France the proportion is one
for 1,400; in Austria, Germany and
Norway, one for every 1900; in the
United States, one for every 600, while
in Russia there is only one for 6,226.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

The Dismal swamp of Virginia is no
longer used as a shelter by runaway
negroes, because the negroes no longer
have to run away, but it is calculated
that it is the hiding place of no less
than one hundred white men who have
good reasons for wanting to retire to
private life for spell. A grand hunt
to run them out is contemplated.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

NJ. PAsTEUR, the distinguished French
chemist, who is famous for his re-
searches into the treatment of hydro
phobia, is TO retire from active practice
soon to avoid paralysis, with which he
is threatened.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

Mrs. MILLER, of Washington, is the
apostle of a new dispensation in the
way of wOman's dress. Her creed is
waists instead of corsets, layers of I'M
derclothing fitted smoothly to the body,
and drawers TO match the gown, a sort
of adaptation of Lady Habberton's ''di-
Vidcd skirt, with slight differences.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

OF five different men who were
asked by Cincinnati detective to de-
scribe their wives, only two succeeded
in giving a description by which their
better halves could have been iden-
fitted
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

PHILADELPHIA reckOns up one hun
dred lives sacrificed to grade crossings
in the city last year. This outdoes the
cholera, smallpox, and other danger
Gus diseases. The grade crossing ought
fO on
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

JAMES c. FLOOD, the California mil
1ionaire, recently bought ten paintings
in New York for sixty-fve thousand
dollars. Among them are paintings by
Munkacsy. DaubignY.and DiaZ.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

The Arab horses which TIE Sultan
OF Muscat recently sent to Queen Vic
toria are valued at $1,000. The mis-
cellaneous bric-a-brac which her Maj
esty will send to the Sultan are valued
at $500, leavinga net profit Of $500
In favor of the Queen.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

A sTATIsTICIAN claims there is one
divorce to every four and half mar
riages. 1t is the half marriage that ac-
counts for the divorce every time. The
half married are wholly miserable.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

EVANGELIST SANKEY has composed a
new and taking hymn which is de-
scribed as a sort of medley and is in
terspersed with stanzas from some of
his older works.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

"A great many American girls who
hastily marry foreign noblcmen never
repent ut leisure. This is not so much
owing to the happiness of their mar
riages as to the fact that when wom-
an takes in washing and ironing and
hustles around to support a husband
she has very little leisure to repent in.
N I. Grdphic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

JOHN Ericsson, the great inventor, is
said to be in better health at eighty
four than he has beenIfor ten years
past. He averages ten or twelve hours
of work a day.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

The friends of Sojourner Truth, the
famous negress, are raising money to
be applied in the erection of a monu-
ment in her memory at Battle Creek,
Mich
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

THE Marquis de Mores, the million
aire cowboy of Montana, has leased a
house in New York for four months,
paying twenty-four thousand dollars for
rent of house and furniture.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

PROF. JOHN r. PROCTOR, the Ken
tucky geologist, says there is enough
good iron near Bowling Green in that
State to supply fifty furnaces for two
hundred years.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20

Ex-GoVERNoRW WILLIAM SMITH, of Vir-
ginia. Extra Billy is ninety years old,
but he is very anxious to get into the
Federal Senate.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

ARcHDEACoN FARRAR says that ''in
India the English have made one hun
dred drtmkards for one Christian"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-20
ADMINISTERING THE OATH.

At the close of the address the oath Of
Office was administered to the Cover nor by
Chief Justice Horton
The ex-Governors then each spoke in sue
cession, and the ceremonies closed with a
grand ball in the evening.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

The dansel in Singapore is given :
canoe and doubla- bladed paddle and al
lowed q start OF some distance. Tho
sutton, similarly equipped, starts on In
chase. II be succeeds In overtal<ing her
she becomes his wife; II not, the match
ia broken OF. il seldom that objection
is offered at the last moment, and tho
race Is generally short one. The
maiden's arms are strong, but her heart
is soft ana her nature is warm and she
soon becomes willing captive. If the
marriage takes place whore astream is
near, a round circle Of a Ger tain size Is
formed, the damsel is stripped Of all but
a waistband and given half the circles
start, and IL she succeeds 10 running three
times around before her suffer comes up
with her she is entitled to remain a vir-
gin; If not, she must consent TO the bonds
OF matrimony. As in other cases, but
few outstrip their lovers.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05
VENETIAN GLASS.
The Modern Methods of Producing the
Lovely Article.


Lovely Article.
The blending Of the eolors in Vene-
tian ware is almost infinite in variety.
The coiors. however. never offend the
eye; they are so toned and softened as
to produce combination rarely at
tanned. They certainly manifest great
art in this respect, although they effect
so little by the excessive application Of
adjournment Amidst all their mistakes
there is, as il were, desire 70 show
how their method can be applied To
articles Of domestic use. This, no
doubt, has been this aim Of Dr. Salviati
and Signor Castagliani. and here and
there can be seen some real gems in
the form Of small cream jugs and finger
basins, with the simple green leaves
aud roses SO adjusted that they are not
only very beautiful. but at the same
time cell suited to the chief require
ments Of domestic economy, easy to
clean and convenient for use.
what Is wonderful in these Venetian
productions Is the extraordinarily
T. sgiiifai arrangement Of the colors In
.n's THESE artists are unapproachabl
One feels humhlcd ia their presence.
The Facility with which thsy handle
their threads and the way Ia which
they initiate the natural colors and
forms u flowers is as near 10 perfec-
ton a. may he They reYel ii this
power. IN the adjustment Of different
nleialH also. they are wonderful.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05
TRAINING A PueILIsT.
Peter McCoy's Account of the Exercise and
Food Taken by Him.

Food Taken by Him.
As the hour of eight strikes each
morning ! leave my bed, and, after a
good dry-hand rubbing, dress for a
Whitehall boat-row on the river. Be
fore starting out raw egg and crust
of bread is taken TO help my wind
walk to the boat-housc at q sharp pace.
Then for an hour or more dig holes
in the river nj about twenty strokes to
a minute, taking Il short rest now and
then. After finishing my row | walk
leisurely back TO my hotel. where
breakfast is ready. My diet for that
meal consists of oatmeal, mutton chops
or steak, a cup Of tea occasionally,
some hard bread and spring water
colored with little milk. Soon aftsu
breakfast is finished / start on tramp
of eight or ten miles, taking running
spurts Of from half mile to mile
twice or three times while covering the
entire distance. Then take plunge
in the salt wat-r and swim for five or
ten minutes. When / return to my
room it is for the purpose of getting a
good rub down with bay rum and
witch hazel. After rest of one hour.
dinner is ready, and tell you feel
like eating IL. Roast beef OF the rarest
kind. and sometimes roast mutton. are
my fayorite dishes. A few vegetables
now and then, and any thing good in
the line of muscle-producing food is
81, - T,1 10,
training / never take drop Of liquor
of any kind. Not even the favorite
Bass ale passes my lips. do not
think it docs a pugilist any good to
drink liquor while in training. aud for
that reason | never did touch IT, After
dinner rest from thirty minutes TO
one hour when | start TO fight the
ball for from half an hour to an hour.
Then go through regular dumb-bell
exercise with light bells for about
fifteen minutes. Again Istart for the
boat-house. and am away for long
row this time. For two or three hours
! row mp and down the river till sup.
per time approaches. Occasionally /
spurt but ordinarily ten strokes min
ute satisfies me- For supper cat cold
roast beef and other meats. a few
pieces Of toast, and cup of tea. MY
training is then finished fos the day,
and ! lounge around playing billiards
og.indulging In some sport that helps me
to pass away the hours till nine o'clock
strikes. Then ! start 10 my room and
retire. AT ten O'CLOCK am 50 sound
asleep that cannon's roar would
hardly wake me Boston Herald
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

Those who are trying to break up the
baneful habit of intemperance will expert
ence great benefit from the use of Prickly
Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Prickly Ash Bitters viii remedy the evil re-
suits and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby strengthen
ing the will power, thoroughly cleansing and
toning up the system and removing every
faint of disease. 1t is purely amedicine and
while pleasant to the taste, it can not be
used as a beverage by reason Of its cathartic
properties
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

The letters ~ NJ G A. keep on meaning
more and more. According To the statistics
of the last international inestlng, held In
San Francisco, there are l.l76 American
associations in existence, the aggregate
membership being J54 92ilS The real es
tate owned by The various hodies is valued
at 1851 1 ,23D. with an inciambrance Of
something over eight hundred sQhonsand dol
lars ia all, The number Of gen.tai secreta-
ries and paid officers employed in S7. There
nre said 70 be POS college associations and
fifteen i dim associations The ekrld over.
the associatiops reach 20 the mbeg Of
S.54l --Sfaadayd
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05
How Intelligent women Decide.

When the question has to be met as to
what is the best course to adopt to secure q
sure, safe and agreeable remedy for those
organic diseases and weaknesses which af-
fict the female sex, there is but one wise de-
cision, viz. course of self-treatment with
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t is an
unfailing specific for periodical pains, mis-
placement, internal inflammation, and all
functional disorders that render the lives of
so many women miserable and joyless. They
who try it, praise it. OF druggists.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

"A little daughter Of William Cur.
zen. Of Mink Hollow, which is in the
Catskill Mountains was picking ber-
ries on Wednesday, when bear
popped out Of the bushef and seized
her She called for help and the
house dog ran to her and pitched into
the bear. and the little girl was
enabled to get away and run home.
A bear hunt was organized. and The
dog WAS found half mile from ~
eeho II the attach. bleeding fsce
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

CARTERsv1ILR, GA, Nov 6, 'S6.
HAVE been handling Smiths Bile Beans
for more than year, and my trade has been
pleased with them from the start, or first
introduction in this place. Every one speaks
in highest terms of them. could get a num-
Der of testimonials il necessary.
NJ. +. WORD, Druggist.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05
Ic:JuRES AL HUMORs,

from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofnla. Salt-rheum, Feyer-sores,
Scay or Rough Skin, in short. all diseases
powerful, purifying, and invigorating medi-
cine Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence. Especially has it mani
Eryspelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrof-
llous Sores and Sweilings, Hip-joint Disease,
White Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
stamps for large Treatise, with colcred
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for a Treatise on Scrofuloug Affections.
GFOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse it by using DIR. Pierce,s
Golden Medical Discoyery, and good
digestion, fair skin, buoyant spirits vital
strength and bodily health will be established.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

Diseases car be cured, IL properly treated
in time, as shown by the following state
ment from ID. G. Freeman, Sydney: 'Hav-
attacks, and gradually wasting away for the
past two years, it affords me pleasure to
testify that ScoTT's EMULSION of Cod Liver
Oil with Lime and Soda has given me great
relief, and cheerfuIly recommend 1t to all
suffering in a similar way to myself. In adj
dition, would say, that it is very pleasant
to take"
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

Your honor, this man was caught stealing
box of Longs Pearl Tooth Soap off drug
gist's counter. Discharged roared tho
magistrate. He would not be human were
he able to withstand the temptation.